Creel



Dec. 13, 1955 A. J. AMMERALL CREEL Filed July 7, 1953 JNVENTOR.

BY Albert JAmmara/l 4 ZM/{M My 2 2 ATJURNFYS United States Patent CREELAlbert J. Ammerall, Amsterdam, N. Y., assignor to Mohawk Carpet Mills,Inc., Amsterdam, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application July 7,1953, Serial No. 366,437

3 Claims. (Cl. 242-157) This invention relates to creels of the typeused for supporting packages of yarn, from which skeins are to be woundon a reel. More particularly, the invention is concerned with a creelfor the purpose described, which is provided with a guide for the strandof yarn from each package and means for introducing the strand into theguide.

At the present time, creels supporting packages of yarn to be wound on areel into skeins to be dyed are commonly provided with a yarn guide foreach package and the guide lies above the package and is also higherthan the reel. With this arrangement, the yarn is pulled off the top ofthe package and over the guide, from which the yarn travels downwardlyat an angle to the reel. Ordinarily, such a creel is constructed tosupport the packages in upper and lower rows and, when the packages arethe usual large cheeses, the yarn guides for the packages in the upperrow are at such a height above the floor, that it is difdcult for thereel attendant to pass the yarn from a cheese in the upper row over itsguide, when a new cheese has been placed in position.

The present invention is directed to the provision in a creel of theconstruction described of means for guiding the yarn being led from apackage in the creel and means by which the yarn can be quicklyintroduced by the machine attendant into a guide above the reach of theattendant.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be made tothe accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a view in vertical sectionthrough a creel constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the creel in front elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of a feature of the new creel.

in the drawing, there is illustrated a creel used for supportingpackages 11 of yarn, which is to be wound upon a conventional reel 12 toform skeins 13. The creel includes end standard 14 connected by a toppiece 15 and spaced upper and lower horizontal supports 16, 17,respectively. The spaces between the top piece 15 and the upper support16 and between the two supports are subdivided by vertical partitions 18into compartments for the yarn packages, which are illustrated ascheeses of substantial size. Each of the supports 16, 17 is providedwith a spindle 19 within each compartment and the cheeses are placed inposition in their respective com partments with the spindles enteringthe cores within the cheeses.

Each of the compartments is provided with a guide for the yarn drawnfrom the package in that compartment and the guides may conveniently beprovided by mounting a wire 20 to extend across each compartment nearthe top thereof and above the level of the top of the yarn packages, thewire being bent to form a central notch 21 through which the yarn isled. If desired, a single wire may extend across all the compartments ineach of the upper and lower rows, the wires being held in place by clips22 secured to the front of the creel.

When the packages of yarn employed in the winding of the skeins arecheeses of large size, as shown, the creel required is of substantialheight and, when a cheese in a compartment in the upper row runs out andmust be replaced by a new one, it is difl'icult for the attendant tolead the end of the yarn from the cheese up over the wire and throughthe yarn guide. The threading of the yarn from a cheese in the upper rowthrough its guide is facilitated in the creel illustrated by mounting athin metal ring 23 on the wire 20 in each compartment in the upper row.Each ring 23 carries a spring clip 24 secured to the ring at one end inany suitable way, as by means of a rivet 25, and the other end of theclip is free.

When a ring 23 is to be used to thread a yarn 26 from a new cheesethrough its guide, the ring is turned until its clip lies near thebottom of the ring, as shown in Fig. 1, and the end of the yarn 26 fromthe cheese is drawn out beneath the wire 20 in the compartment andinserted beneath the clip. The ring 23 is then turned, so that the clipmoves rearwardly and up and over the top of the wire to the positionshown in Fig. 3. As the ring is thus turned, the yarn is carried with itand brought over the top of wire 20. When the ring is in the positionshown in Fig. 3, the end of the yarn is released from the clip and theyarn is moved sidewise along the wire into notch 21. The yarn is thenled to the reel and the winding started.

The threading of the yarn from a new cheese in the top row through itsguide by means of a ring 23 is a simple operation, which can be quicklyperformed by the reel attendant, even though the guide is beyond theattendants reach. Heretofore, the threading of such a yarn into itsguide frequently delayed winding operations, because the attendant hadto pass the end of the yarn upwardly and over the wire from the rear ofthe compartment by attempting to throw the end of the yarn over thewire. This could not always be done on the first attempt and the windingwas, accordingly, delayed. By the use of the ring 23, the difiicultyreferred to is wholly overcome.

I claim:

1. In a creel having a support for a package of yarn, the combination ofan element extending horizontally adjacent to and above the support andhaving a guide notch for the strand of yarn drawn from the package, anda member encircling the element and freely movable both rotationally andlongitudinally relatively to the element, the member having a clip forholding the end of the strand.

2. In a creel having a support for a package of yarn, the combination ofan element extending horizontally adjacent to and above the support andhaving a guide notch for the strand of yarn drawn from the package, anda ring encircling the element and freely movable both rotationally andlongitudinally relatively to the element, the ring having a clip forholding the end of the strand.

3. In a creel having a support for a package of yarn, the comibnation ofa horizontal rod adjacent to and above the support having a notch forguiding the strand of yarn drawn from the package, and a ring encirclingand freely movable both rotationally and longitudinally relatively tothe rod, the ring having a resilient tongue for clamping the end of thestrand.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,180,284 Cook Apr. 25, 1916 1,676,864 Longvall July 10, 1928 2,163,711Selvig June 27, 1939 2,509,487 Davis May 30, 1950 2,635,831 Hays Apr.21, 1953

